# U.S. AIR FORCE, BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37842`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0145
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $38K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- U.S. AIR FORCE, BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 9006 OF THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT ( SWDA ), 42    U.S.C. SECTION 6991E.                                     2. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE                                      BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE                                     841 FAIRCHILD AVE. SUITE 100                                 BARKSDALE AFB, BOSSIER PARISH, LOUISIANA 71110-2270       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 9003 OF RCRA BY 1)    FAILING TO CONDUCT ADEQUATE MONTHLY MONITORING OR UTILIZE    OTHER METHODS AS ALLOWED TO CONDUCT RELEASE DETECTION FOR    THE 9 USTS AT THE FACILITY, 2) FAILING TO PROVIDE AUTOMA-    TIC LINE LEAK DETECTORS FOR TWO PRESSURIZED LINES, AND 3)    FAILING TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL LINE TIGHTNESS TEST OR          MONTHLY MONITORING OF THE PRESSURIZED LINE.               4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 9006 OF RCRA, EPA PRO-     POSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $70,734 AND ISSUED A COMPLIANCE     ORDER TO THE RESPONDENT. THE ORDER REQUIRES THE RESPOND-     ENT TO, NOT LATER THAN 60 DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE         COMPLAINT, 1) CONDUCT A SYSTEM TEST OF ALL USTS SYSTEMS      FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION AT THE FACILITY AND SUBMIT THE      RESULTS TO LDEQ AND EPA, AND 2) INSTALL AUTOMATIC LINE       LEAK DETECTORS ON EACH PRESSURIZED LINE FOUND TO BE IN       VIOLATION.

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